15 Bible Verses about election, responsibilities of

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!"

And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him. And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all, and ordered them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:read more.
"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased! I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel or cry out; nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, till he sends forth justice to victory; and in his name will the Gentiles hope."

You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.read more.
Through him you have confidence in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by men but chosen and precious in the sight of God you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and he who believes in him will not be put to shame."

And when it was day, he called his disciples to himself; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip, and Bartholomew, Matthew, and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot,read more.
Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Then he appointed twelve, that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach, and to have authority to cast out the demons: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter;read more.
James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"

I am not speaking of you all. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'he who ate my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,